Colorado Division of Wildlife biologists this week said plans by Denver Water to increase diversions from the West Slope via the Moffat Firming Project will reduce stream flows and raise temperatures in the Williams Fork, Fraser and Upper Colorado River systems.

After about two hours listening to a panel of 15 people who represent Grand County in Denver Water Moffat Firming Project negotiations, one individual went to the microphone and asked point blank: “As a county, are we for this? ...Or we against this?” The answer was not as black or white as the question. The bottom line was: What choice do we have?